A famous coach, one phrase has collected 1.5 million views on Youtube.
The star coach of the Lithuanian basketball club “Zalgiris” Sarunas yasikyavichus allowed important player Augusto Lima miss the semi-final game to be with his wife at the birth of the first child. At the postgame press conference, the coach perfectly explained his decision and defended his charge from critics, becoming a national hero in Lithuania, and his answer has collected more than 1.5 million views on Youtube.
Offers its readers this video and adapted translation.
Reporter: Coach, what do you think about Augusto Lima, who left in the middle of the series to attend the birth of his child?
Yasikyavichus: What I think about it? I let him go.
Reporter: But is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semi-finals?
Yasikyavichus: do you Have children? When you have children, you’ll understand. Because it is the culmination of human existence. This is actually a really good question. Do you think basketball is the most important thing in life?
Reporter: No, but the semi-final as important…
Yasikyavichus: Who cares?
Reporter: The Team.
Yasikyavichus: What?
Reporter: “Zalgiris”.
Yasikyavichus: You see the number of fans during the game? Important? When you see your first child, you will understand what is most important in life. Nothing could be more majestic in the world than the birth of a child. Not titles, not anything else. Emotionally Augusto Lima is now in seventh heaven. And I’m really happy for him.
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